Blues band Marquise Knox performs on the Railroad Stage Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2012, at the American Folk Festival in Bangor. Buy Photo

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Aerial photo shot of the American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront during a flyover between 2:30-3 p.m Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Buy Photo

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Maeve Pelletier, 2, of Orrington peeks out of her dad, Jay's, pack basket as he carries her around the American Folk Festival Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2012. Buy Photo

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Sandra Tijerina and her son Santiago, 11, take a rest from the American Folk Festival on a hillside by the Dance Pavilion Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2012, in Bangor. Buy Photo

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Salsa band La Excelencia performs at the Dance Pavilion on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2012, at the American Folk Festival in Bangor. Buy Photo

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Salsa band La Excelencia performs for a large crowd in the Dance Pavilion Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2012, at the American Folk Festival in Bangor. Buy Photo

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Lissa Widoff of Freedom and Peter Baldwin of Brooks share a dance to salsa band La Excelencia in the Dance Pavilion on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2012, at the American Folk Festival in Bangor. Buy Photo

Members of the Old Bay Ceili Band perform during the American Folk Festival on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at the Bangor Waterfront. Pictured are (from left) Sean Clohessy, Danny Noveck and Josh Dukes. Buy Photo

Jim Poole of Kenduskeag (right) drops money into a donation bucket held by festival volunteer David Pelkey during the 2012 American Folk Festival in Bangor on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Poole and his girlfriend Jessica Paschal said people who enjoy the festival and want it to happen again should all donate money. Buy Photo

People of all ages dance to the music of D.L. Menard & Friends at the Dance Pavilion during the 2012 American Folk Festival in Bangor on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Buy Photo

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Megan Leveille, 11, of Bucksport spent almost two hours creating her artwork using sidewalk chalk at the Children's Village Saturday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2012, at the American Folk Festival in Bangor. Buy Photo

Star Chief Eagle performs a traditional hoop dance at the Two Rivers Stage during the American Folk Festival in Bangor on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. The Star and her father Dalls from South Dakota perform the ancient dance of the Lakota people. Buy Photo

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BANGOR, Maine — The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront continued at noon on Saturday.

Saturday’s festivities were slated to include presentations about American guitar traditions, Maine’s singing guide Randy Spencer, and Lakota hoop dances, as well as performances by Colombian band Grupo Rebolu and Irish dancing with the Old Bay Ceili Band.

It will end with salsa dancing with La Excelencia, Cape Breton fiddling with Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac, and Malian band Cheick Hamala Diaba.